Even if you don’t take home a medal, you might take home a job offer. Teddy Forance working with Travis Wall (kneeling) of Shaping Sound for the reality show All the Right Moves. Oxygen Media/Trae Patton. Contemporary dancer Teddy Forance is a fixture in the L.A. dance scene. Among other gigs, he’s a co-director […]
An Epic Odette The Bolshoi returns to North America with two full-length productions this month. The question is, will the company project its usual bravura without Osipova and Vasiliev, formerly two of its biggest stars? First up is Toronto, with Swan Lake May 15–19 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. Our cover guy […]
Celebrated as a maverick performer and innovator, Elizabeth Streb pioneered a form of choreography that crosses daredevil action with exhilarating rhythmic momentum. Audiences are awed by the antigravity feats of her fearless group, STREB Extreme Action Company. In 2003, Streb established S.L.A.M. (STREB Lab for Action Mechanics) in Brooklyn, NY, and has appeared on many […]
Three dancers on working their way up in L.A. From left: Victor Rojas, Amanda Balen, and Mark Kanemura. All photos by Rose Eichenbaum. Styled by Brandon Ho. Hair and makeup by Chantal Moore. Meet three dancers who have converged on Los Angeles from decidedly non–dance-job territories: Amanda Balen from Hamilton, Ontario, in […]
A Homecoming (of Sorts) for Vilaro Ballet Hispanico sets out on a nine-city tour, with an ambitious rep of old and new. After performances in Reading, PA; St. Louis, MO; Boston, MA; Harrisburg, PA; and Augusta, GA, the company touches down at Columbia College in Chicago. BH director Eduardo Vilaro definitely knows his way around […]
From Phoenix, With Love & Mozart Mixing things up in the classical vernacular comes naturally to Ballet Arizona. Its artistic director, Ib Andersen, formerly a principal with Royal Danish and New York City Ballet, saturated his dancers with Balanchine’s and Bournonville’s repertoire 12 years ago when he took on BAZ. Andersen’s heady, […]
Who’s caught our eye for 2012 Photo of Rachel Van Buskirk by Matthew Karas. Ana Lopez The beauty of Ana Lopez’s dancing is that there is nothing extraneous or decorative about it, yet she invariably becomes a mesmerizing presence onstage. She draws you into her orbit with her scrubbed-clean technique and […]
Saying Good-Bye (to a production) In Mikko Nissinen’s 10 years at the helm of Boston Ballet, he navigated the strained separation from the company’s former residence, the Wang Theater, among many other things. Now that the company is happily ensconced in The Boston Opera House, Nissinen has decided to make a new […]
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